The Sheremetev family is on the verge of a crisis - their life in a cozy house in the southwest of France is cloudless only at first glance. Nikita does not understand why his flexible wife Olga got out of control. Olga is sure that their son Alex’s friend is hiding something. Alex himself is unable to understand what the girl with the face of a brown-eyed elf wants. Edward, who is looking after the house as a family friend, tries to help Alex. However, given the heap of personal problems, the old Englishman is not the best adviser. Alex has amazing dreams in which he lives a tragic story from two hundred years ago. Shadows of the past reveal shocking secrets of an ancient house. But will they help you understand reality? Continuation of the novel “Lantern. Russian dreams and French secrets of a quiet village."